Research Impact Seminar Series

The Research Impact Seminar Series provides a unique opportunity to tap into the expertise of national and international leaders in research impact. Through insightful discussions and the sharing of best practices from across the globe, our series aims to inspire researchers and the broader research community, both locally at University of Galway and globally, by providing valuable insights into optimising the societal impact of research. Our seminars will delve into a diverse array of topics, carefully curated to resonate with the research and academic community, as well as professional support staff, and stakeholders across the country involved in research impact initiatives.

These include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Identifying pathways to impact

• Public engagement

• Instruments for evaluating and achieving impact

• Practical strategies for measuring impact

• Evidence informed policy making

• Impact in funding proposals

The fifth seminar in the series will take place on Wednesday, 12 February 2025, at 1pm - 2pm.

Title: The potential of research assessment reforms to support the pursuit of societal impacts

Overview

This talk will introduce the research assessment reform agenda and some of its key initiatives. It will outline the potential they have for re-centering and incentivising the pursuit of societal impacts in our research performing and funding organisations and some of the challenges we’ll need to address along the way.

About Dr Elizabth Gadd

Dr Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gadd is Head of Research Culture & Assessment at Loughborough University. She chairs the International Network Of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Group and is a Vice Chair of the Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). She co-authored the UKRI-commissioned report, 'Harnessing the Metric Tide: Indicators, Infrastructures & Priorities for UK Research Assessment' and was the recipient of the 2020 INORMS Award for Excellence in Research Management and Leadership.

Visit University of Galway's Research Impact Toolkit for resources and tools to help you Plan, Capture, Communicate and Monitor the impact of your research. For further information, contact Áine Mhic Thaidhg, Research Impact Officer, Office of the VP for Research.